comedy

Everyday

1. Films, plays, shows or stories meant to make people laugh. tree →
2. A single funny film, play or show (a comedy). tree →
3. The funny side of something (the comedy of the situation). tree →
4. (literature) A play with a happy ending, as in Shakespeare's comedies. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons: comedy versus tragedy; Shakespeare's comedies end happily. In everyday life: comedy shows, stand-up comedy, romantic comedy (romcom). Phrases: a comedy of errors (a chain of silly mistakes), stand-up comedy.

Examples

• We watched a comedy and laughed all night. tree →
• Stand-up comedy is one person telling jokes on stage. tree →
• The school play was a comedy about a lost goat. tree →
• Shakespeare wrote comedies and tragedies. tree →
• The trip was a comedy of errors. tree →
• There's a lot of comedy in the book. tree →
• "In tragedies they die, in comedies they marry one another." tree →

Note

Plural: comedies. A comedian is the person who performs comedy. Adjective: comic, comical. In literature, comedy means a happy ending, not always jokes.